Geographic variation in a Japanese tree frog (Rhacophorus arboreus) revealed by PCR-aided restriction site analysis of mtDNA

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 418-423

  Wllkinson, Jeffery A ^a   Matsui, Masafumi ^b   Terachi, Toru ^c  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO SANGYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANURA; HYLIDAE; RHACOPHORUS ARBOREUS;

EID: 0030431014     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565184     Document Type: Article

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